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Artist statements

Posted by S. Michelle Babcock on March 3, 2010 at 12:16pm in Art Show Information and Discussions
I was just wondering how many people hate writing artist statements. If I were good at writing I'd be a writer. And a lot of the statements I've read just look blown up and pretentious. And isn't your work the statement? If you have to explain it maybe it's not working. In case you haven't guessed I was applying to a show that wants an artist statement so before writing it I decided to pontificate here.
   I had an artist statement that I used, but it on my old computer that crashed because I have a teenage son that managed to get a virus that crashed it. He got the same virus twice in one year. We fixed it the first time this last time we just went out and bought a Mac. So now i have to write a new artist statement and as you might be able to tell I'm not happy about it.
    Plus why is it no one ask for the same length of statement? I had one that I liked, but of course it was too long.Oh well.

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  • Linnea Lahlum March 3, 2010 at 10:44pm
    Mine is mostly technical, because most of the time when I read about someone’s inspiration it usually makes me cringe. It shouldn’t, if it’s well done; but it’s so hard to do effectively, and not come across as sappy. It’s all too easy to embarrass oneself with something like this.

    And then there are the shows that want you to hang one in your booth...a different animal altogether.
  • Munks March 3, 2010 at 12:50pm
    The show is just looking for press release material and also maybe some kind of validity.

    Regarding your artist statement - there are no set rules but I suggest that you briefly tell them what you are going to tell them, then tell them, then tell them what you told them - then stop.

    Let your work speak for itself, if customer needs to read your artist statement before he or she makes a decision to buy, chances are they weren't going to buy anyway.
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